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This Week's Carenote - 08/09/11

My mother was diagnosed with dementia and paranoia. My
father is 81 years old and in fair health. He wants to
correct my mother when she says something incorrect and he
has to be right about everything. My mother accuses him of
stealing from her. My dad calls and complains because he is
tired of being called a thief. I tell him to just let it go,
but he wonít. I sometimes feel he doesn't want to take full
responsibility for my motherís care, and tries to make me
feel guilty because I'm not there all the time. Does anyone
have any advice for this? Any suggestions would be
appreciated.